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Lunch To-Go: Murray's Cheese at Grand Central

Kathy YL Chan
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Published: May 11, 2011 Last Updated: August 9, 2018
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To break out of the typical Midtown lunch routine, consider Murray's Cheese inside the Grand Central Market. A smaller offshoot of their West Village location, this midtown Murray's nonetheless manages to stock a massive array of savory and sweet goods into one small space.

Pick up a crusty Tom Cat baguette and a mix of cheese and cured meats, and voila, lunch! If the options are overwhelming, explain to the cheesemonger that you're looking to put together a simple lunch for one and they'll be glad to recommend a pairing and know to cut smaller portions of cheese. One visit yielded prosciutto and Quadrello di Bufala, a wonderfully creamy and sweet cow's milk cheese, bold though not overly aggressive. Yet another trip coupled a quarter pound of the raw cow's milk Krummenswiler, a meaty number appropriately described as an "intensely pungent, bacony, oniony behemoth." The leftovers make a great melting cheese over potatoes. Coupled with a side of buttery mortadella slices studded in pistachios and black pepper and a fresh baguette, who needs the chicken and rice cart?

Murray's Cheese

Inside the Grand Central Market, 43rd St. & Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10017 (map)
murrayscheese.com

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